Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Bernie Sanders pays his interns only $12 an hour.

Bernie Sanders encouraged millennials to apply for a
Senate internship with his office this fall, offering a $12 per hour
stipend, an amount that falls below his demands for a $15 minimum wage.
Roll Call reported Tuesday that Twitter users were quick to criticize
the Vermont senator for paying interns below what he called a “living
wage.”
Sanders has repeatedly condemned Hillary Clinton for favoring a
$12-an-hour federal minimum minimum wage, claiming at an April
Democratic presidential debate that the rate is “not good enough.”
He said the rate must be raised to $15 per hour to provide workers
with a “living wage,” despite paying his interns and campaign staff
less.
Still, Sanders is the only presidential candidate among the initial sixteen contenders who pays interns.
Clinton relies on free labor for her campaign internships, though she
established a paid fellowship last year after The Guardian reported she
had brought on experienced organizers as unpaid interns.